Supervisors set goal of 8,250 hotel rooms, city secures 2,209

San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors unanimously passed legislation last week that obligates the city to procure 8,250 hotel rooms by April 26. As of April 20, 2,209 were under contract. Activists around the state organized demonstrations last week, showing up outside hotels and unfurling banners, calling on their city leaders to take over hotels and immediately house the homeless in them. While San Francisco department heads and the mayor had laid out plans to procure 7,000 hotel rooms, they had been adamant that these must be allocated to first responders and the most vulnerable homeless.